diff --git a/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py b/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py
index 39885178ba0..27483aa0375 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py
+++ b/contrib/guix/symbol-check.py
@@ -97,17 +97,9 @@ ELF_ALLOWED_LIBRARIES = {
 'ld64.so.2', # POWER64 ABIv2 dynamic linker
 'ld-linux-riscv64-lp64d.so.1', # 64-bit RISC-V dynamic linker
 # bitcoin-qt only
-'libxcb.so.1', # part of X11
 'libfontconfig.so.1', # font support
 'libfreetype.so.6', # font parsing
 'libdl.so.2', # programming interface to dynamic linker
-'libxcb-shm.so.0',
-'libxcb-randr.so.0',
-'libxcb-render.so.0',
-'libxcb-shape.so.0',
-'libxcb-sync.so.1',
-'libxcb-xfixes.so.0',
-'libxcb-xkb.so.1',
 }
 
 MACHO_ALLOWED_LIBRARIES = {
diff --git a/depends/packages/libxcb.mk b/depends/packages/libxcb.mk
index c256ea65ff9..5d5aa7fc772 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libxcb.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libxcb.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ $(package)_dependencies=xcb_proto libXau
 $(package)_patches = remove_pthread_stubs.patch
 
 define $(package)_set_vars
-$(package)_config_opts=--disable-static --disable-devel-docs --without-doxygen --without-launchd
+$(package)_config_opts=--disable-shared --disable-devel-docs --without-doxygen --without-launchd
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-option-checking
 # Disable unneeded extensions.
 # More info is available from: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.15/linux-requirements.html